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Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Prime Minister interacts with students in the 5th Pariksha Pe Charcha Programme
More than 75000 EMRS students and faculty of about 350 Eklavya Model Residential Schools attended the Pariksha pe Charcha session
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, interacted with students on the subject of upcoming exams today in the 5th Pariksha Pe Charcha Programme. The programme was organised at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi, where school students of grades 9th to 12th, parents, and teachers had heart to heart interaction with PM.
The fifth edition of the programme was especially significant in light of the country's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the return of offline exams. The students, teachers, and parents, who were selected to ask the Prime Minister questions, were selected from an online creative writing competition with an array of subjects. The competition was organised through the MyGov platform from December 28, 2021, to February 3, 2022. In this edition, the Pariksha Pe Charcha Creative Writing Competition welcomed 15.7 lakh participants, comprising more than 12.1 lakh schoolchildren, 2.7 lakh instructors, and more than 90 thousand parents.
PM replied to array of questions like the expectations of parents and teachers, self-confidence and sincerity, with the students and listened to all their queries before giving them the mantra to tackle disappointment and stress, mantra of success and bringing glory to the country. He further emphasised the need for educating children irrespective of their gender and understanding the exhaustive NEP 2020 which is going to open newer avenues of learning and redefining education.
The program organised by Ministry of Education's Department of School Education and Literacy was telecast live on Doordarshan , radio channels, TV channels, digital media, including YouTube channels of EduMinofIndia, Narendra Modi, PMO India, PIBIndia, Doordarshan National, MyGovIndia, DD News, Rajya Sabha TV, Swayam Prabha.
More than 75000 EMRS students and faculty of about 350 Eklavya Model Residential Schools across country participated the session, shared their views and patiently heard the Prime Minister’s words of wisdom concerning academics and the techniques to approach exams stress-free.
Sh. Asit Gopal Commissioner EMRS attended the program at Talkatora stadium. Senior officers and staff of the Ministry virtually attended the Programme. From the videos and photos shared by the EMRS students across country, their enthusiasm of interacting with the PM can be seen.
Prime Minister's Office
The country's prosperity lies in connectivity and it is at the top of our priorities: PM
The Prime Minister has congratulated the people of the area on the completion of widening of the 8 kilometer long road from Belghat to Sikriganj in Khajani assembly constituency. Shri Modi was responding to a tweet by Member of Parliament from Sant Kabir Nagar, Shri Praveen Nishad wherein the MP informed about the widening of the aforesaid road.
Shri Modi also said that the country's prosperity lies in connectivity and it is at the top of our priorities.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
“बहुत-बहुत बधाई। कनेक्टिविटी में ही देश की समृद्धि निहित है और ये हमारी प्राथमिकताओं में सबसे ऊपर है।”
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Sarbananda Sonowal hopeful of Cargo Ship movement over Brahmaputra upto Haldia in 2022
- Dredging already underway in Assam & Bangladesh for smooth passage
- Tezpur University, IIT Guwahati & IIM Shillong to provide technical inputs to optimally utilise dredging
- Mizoram, Tripura & Assam will be connected to Sittwe port in Myanmar and Mongola & Chittongong ports in Bangladesh
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and AYUSH, Sarbananda Sonowal is hopeful that the cargo ships will start sailing over Brahmaputra towards the later part of 2022. The dredging work at critical junctures of the river has already been initiated by the ministry. The Bangladesh government, with support from Government of India, is also working on the Jamuna river to make the 2000 kms long waterway from Sadiya to Haldia via Bangladesh a smooth passage.
Sharing the vision of Prime Minister’s vision of Gati Shakti, the minister said that the northeastern region will play a critical role in resuscitate the economic prosperity of India. In order to provide a springboard for the region to act as a catalyst in India’s economic rebound, there have been efforts to build waterways of the region & connect it to major ports in the Bay of Bengal. This will not only unlock the economic potential of the region but allow the landlocked region a direct access to the international trading routes. The minister said that the government is working tirelessly to connect Mizoram, Tripura and Assam to strategic ports in Myanmar  and Bangladesh .
In order to integrate expertise from northeast to make the dredging into a sustainable & economically viable proposition, the minister also indicated that the support from experts in Tezpur University, IIT Guwahati and IIM Shillong will be crucial. The potential of the Brahmaputra as well as other rivers of Northeast is huge and people will get direct benefit from the development of river tourism, cargo transportation and an alternative economic transportation. The government’s Jal Marg Vikas project is working to ensure an optimal and holistic development of the region by rejuvenating the rivers as a viable and sustainable economic proposition.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister’s meeting with Prime Minister of Iceland
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had a bilateral meeting with H.E. Ms. Katrin Jakobsdottir, Prime Minister of Iceland, in Copenhagen on the sidelines of the 2nd India-Nordic Summit.
Both Prime Ministers warmly recalled their first meeting during the 1st India-Nordic Summit in Stockholm in April 2018. They noted that this year both countries are celebrating the 50th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations.
Both leaders discussed ways to further strengthen economic cooperation especially in the sectors of geothermal energy, Blue Economy, Arctic, renewable energy, fisheries, food processing, education including digital universities, and culture. Geothermal energy, in particular, is an area where Iceland has special expertise, and both sides stessed on collaboration between universities of both countries in this sector.
Prime Minister lauded Prime Minister Jakobsdottir's personal efforts at promoting gender equality and briefed her on India's advances in this regard.
Discussions also took place on expediting the India - EFTA trade negotiations.
Discussions also took place on regional and global developments.
Prime Minister's Office
Bill Gates congratulates PM for crossing 200 crore vaccine doses.
PM lauds the collective efforts of scientists, doctors and nurses.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has lauded the collective efforts of scientists, doctors and nurses in powering India’s vaccination drive.
The Prime Minister tweeted in response to the congratulatory tweet by Bill Gates:
“India's vaccination drive is big on speed and scale. It has been powered by collective efforts of many, including scientists, doctors and nurses. At the same time, the people of India have shown remarkable faith in science and taken their doses in a timely manner.”
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Cabinet approves revision of the compensation on SESF Operations with Boeing 747-400 aircraft
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to enhance the expenditure for "Special Extra Section Flights"  operations from Rs.336.24 crore plus applicable taxes to Rs.534.38 crore plus applicable taxes for 2016-17 with built-in annual escalation of 10% to compensate the cost of living index and exchange fluctuation for the maintenance of B747-400 aircraft.
In view of the serious financial and liquidity position to the Company, the enhancement would help to ease some of its financial burden.
Background:
Air India  operates SESF with B747-400 aircraft for thePresident,the Vice President and thePrime Minister of India. The costs on account of these flights are reimbursed to Al by the respective Ministries. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs  in its meeting held in October, 2011 had approved an annual expenditure of Rs.336.24 crore plus applicable taxes for meeting the fixed costs relating to the expenditure incurred by Al on B747-400 aircraft.
This fixed cost of maintenance was allocated amongst the three respective Ministries. These costs have been constant since FY 2011-12. Over the past five years there has been a substantial increase in the expenditure incurred by Al on maintenance of these aircraft on account of the increase in the cost of living index, depreciation of the Rupee against the US$ and increase in the material cost. It is therefore necessary to review the estimates / reimbursements provided to Al since the year, 2011-12 as the cost base has not been indexed to inflation. Since, Al is suffering financial losses, the airline cannot afford to provide any services below its cost.
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Ministry of Minority Affairs under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram  has sanctioned 75 projects for Minority Concentration Areas  of Andhra Pradesh and 14 projects for MCAs of Maharashtra in the last two years
These projects are mainly in the sectors of education, health and skill development
The Ministry of Minority Affairs under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram  has sanctioned 75 projects for Minority Concentration Areas  of Andhra Pradesh and 14 projects for MCAs of Maharashtra in the last two years. These projects are mainly in the sectors of education, health, skill development.
The type of projects sanctioned for Andhra Pradesh are Residential Schools , School Buildings , Student Hostels , Degree College , ITIs , Polytechnics , Additional Class Rooms , Common Service Centres , Working Women Hostels , Hunar Hubs  and Sanitation Projects .
The type of projects sanctioned for Maharashtra are Common Service Centres , ITI , Hospital , Sadhbav Mandaps , Additional Class Room , Hunar Hub  and Sanitation Projects . Details of the projects sanctioned are available on the website of the Ministry -www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.
The Ministry since 2014-15 has sanctioned projects of Rs.38169.14 lakh for MCAs of Andhra Pradesh and Rs.9666.21 lakh for MCAs of Maharashtra under the PMJVK Scheme. During 2018-19 and 2019-20, projects of Rs. 21868.72 lakh were sanctioned for Andhra Pradesh, Rs. 11370.16 lakh was released which also includes releases for projects sanctioned earlier, and the State submitted utilization certificates for Rs. 1573.98 lakhs. In the same period, approval for projects of Rs. 907.29 lakh was accorded for the State of Maharashtra, Rs. 1073.39 lakh was released which also includes funds released for the projects sanctioned in the previous years and the State submitted utilisation certificates for Rs. 654 lakh.
PMJVK being an area development programme, projects are sanctioned in the identified MCAs of the States/UTs which are available for use to the entire population of the area. Further, the projects are proposed by the States/UTs as per infrastructure requirement in the MCAs.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
State-of-The-Art Food Godowns
Government of India has approved an action plan for construction of steel silos in the country for a capacity of 100 LMT in Public Private Partnership  mode for modernizing storage infrastructure and improving shelf life of stored foodgrains for Public Distribution System. Against this, as on 30.09.2019, steel silos of 7.25 LMT capacity have been created. The State-wise details of the number of silos sanctioned  and constructed as on 30.09.2019 are at Annexure.
The silo developers for construction are selected through tender process. Subsequently, in the Concession Agreement signed between the Authority  and the Concessionaire , timelines are specified for completion of construction of steel silos and non-adherence to these timelines leads to imposition of penalty on the concessionaire. Therefore, this process of construction of steel silos has an in-built feature of specified timelines to complete the construction of steel silos.
This information was given in a written reply by the Minister of State Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Golden Peacock Award for 51st IFFI to be announced at Closing Ceremony Today
15 Films in Contention for Golden Peacock and Other Awards
Panaji, January 24, 2021
As curtains fall on the 51st International Film Festival of India  today, the coveted Golden Peacock Award will be announced at the closing ceremony of the festival, in Panaji, Goa today, January 24, 2021.
The best of the feature-length fiction films from all over the world are competing for the Golden Peacock and other awards.
These comprise the following fifteen delectable line-up of movies which entertained, inspired and moved film-lovers at IFFI.
- The Domain by Tiago Guedes 
- Into The Darkness by Anders Refn 
- February by Kamen Kalev 
- My Best Part by Nicolas Maury 
- I Never Cry by Piotr Domalewski 
- La Veronica by Leonardo Medel 
- Light For The Youth by Shin Su-won 
- Red Moon Tide by Lois Patiño 
- Dream About Sohrab by Ali Ghavitan 
- The Dogs Didn’t Sleep Last Night by RaminRasouli 
- The Silent Forest by KO Chen-Nien 
- The Forgotten by Daria Onyshchenko 
- Bridge by Kripal Kalita 
- A Dog And His Man by Siddharth Tripathy 
- Thaen by Ganesh Vinayakan
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Wing of Sree Chithra, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies developed Interactive dash board to visualize the covid-19 situation
Group of research scholars and faculty at Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, wing of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Health Sciences and Technology , who have been working closely with governmental agencies and academic institutions on COVID-19 response in country developed an "Interactive dash board" to visualize the covid-19 situation in India.
Head of Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies  launched the Interactive Dash Board- https://amchss-sctimst.shinyapps.io/covid_dashboard/#section-about
The team includes Dr. Arun Mitra, Dr. Gurpreet Singh, Dr. Rakhal Gaitonde, Dr. Biju Soman and Prof. Sankara Sarma.
The purpose of this dashboard is to demonstrate the application of data science methods and epidemiological techniques to monitor and track the spread and offer insights into the transmission dynamics and progression of the COVID-19 epidemic in India.
It is developed as a proof of concept to demonstrate the application of data analytics, data visualization and advanced epidemiological methods in monitoring an infectious disease outbreak, generate evidence, and develop a decision support system to augment the current mitigation strategies. It uses data from the API at COVID-19India.org.
All data cleaning, manipulation, statistical analysis, and dashboard development were done using open-source software . A blog exploring the scientific and public health implications of the dashboard is also available here.
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Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 
CCEA approves creation of Agri-Market infrastructure fund for development and upgradation of Gramin Agriculture Markets
Corpus of Rs. 2000 crore to be created with NABARD for development and upgradation of Gramin Agricultural Markets and Regulated Wholesale Markets
The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave its approval for the creation of a corpus of Rs. 2000 crore for Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund  to be created with NABARD for development and up-gradation of agricultural marketing infrastructure in Gramin Agricultural Markets and Regulated Wholesale Markets.
AMIF will provide the State/UT Governments subsidized loan for their proposal for developing marketing infrastructure in 585 Agriculture Produce Market Committees  and 10,000 Grameen Agricultural Markets . States may also access AMIF for innovative integrated market infrastructure projects including Hub and Spoke mode and in Public Private Partnership mode. In these GrAMs, physical and basic infrastructure will be strengthened using MGNREGA and other Government Schemes.
After approval of AMIF Scheme, the interest subsidy will be provided by DAC&FW to NABARD in alignment with annual budget releases during 2018-19 and 2019-20 as well as upto 2024-25. The Scheme being demand driven, its progress is subject to the demands from the States and proposals received from them.
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Ministry of Defence
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DEFENCE BUDGET
Details of total projections and allocations made to Armed Forces {Army, Navy , and Air Force} covering both Revenue  and Capital Heads are as under:-

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Year
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BE
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Projected
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Allocated
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2014-15
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2,84,079.55
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2,10,403.60
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2015-16
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2,62,335.84
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2,27,874.05
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2016-17
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2,69,242.84
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2,33,551.93
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2017-18
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3,37,238.49
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2,41,381.70
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2018-19
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3,68,786.05
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2,58,887.19
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2019-20
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3,71,033.22
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2,84,226.76
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2020-21
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4,03,219.61
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3,01,115.86
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2021-22
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4,49,508.45
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3,24,657.56
Details of projections and allocations made to Armed Forces {Army, Navy , and Air Force} under Capital Head are as under:-

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Year
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BE
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Projected
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Allocated
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2014-15
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1,32,597.69
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84,076.95
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2015-16
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1,04,398.76
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86,032.41
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2016-17
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1,09,449.90
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78,731.32
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2017-18
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1,33,126.34
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78,124.04
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2018-19
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1,57,962.78
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83,434.04
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2019-20
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1,56,776.11
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92,014.87
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2020-21
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1,61,849.20
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1,02,432.57
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2021-22
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1,99,553.44
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1,23,000.22
It may be observed from the above tables that the allocations received from Ministry of Finance are not as per projections made, however, based on pace of expenditure, pending committed liabilities etc., additional funds are sought during the course of the financial year at appropriate stages. It is further submitted that, if necessary, re- prioritization is undertaken to ensure that urgent and critical capabilities are acquired without any compromise to operational preparedness of the Defence Services.
This information was tabled in a written reply by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik to a question asked by Shri K C Venugopal and Shri Mallikarjun Kharge in Rajya Sabha today.
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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Suresh Prabhu Launches Outreach Programme with Industry and Trade Associations
Suresh Prabhu video conferencing with trade associations
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, today interacted with representatives of industry and trade associations and export promotion organizations through video conference and shared his vision of industry and trade in India.
This was the first ever direct interaction with trade and export bodies at this scale by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. This was an effort to establish a dialogue with them. Suresh Prabhu said that Government’s duty is to help industry to grow and facilitate business by simplifying regulations. The Minister referred to the jump made by India to 77 position in the ease of Doing Business ranking.The agriculture export policy will help in creating new avenues for exports of India’s superior agricultural products.
Suresh Prabhusaid that exports have been growing for the last three years. He said the Ministry of Commerce and industry has made a plan to improve the ease of doing business at district level. Commerce Minister said that if GDP of districts grow by 3% it will lead to overall growth of national GDP. The Minister said start-up India is the largest programme in the world for new business ventures and the Government is making all efforts to remove unnecessary hurdles.
The video conference took place through 100 nodes set up across the country.
Ninety- two trade bodies participated in this interaction.
Special Service and Features
CRPF All Women Motorcycle Expedition-2023 to reach Thiruvananthapuram on October 05
Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan will felicitate the lady riders
The All Women Motorcycle Expedition-2023 of women officers organized by the CRPF will be felicitated at the CRPF camp at Pallippuram in Thiruvananthapuram on 5th October , 2023. Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri V Muraleedharan will felicitate the women officers who will arrive at 2.30 PM. As part of the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas,3 Bike Expeditions of women officers of the CRPF are being organised to visit various parts of the country from October 05 to 31. Three groups of 25 women officers will start expeditions from from Srinagar, Shillong and Kanyakumari. Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr L Murugan will flag off the rally in Kanyakumari on October 05, 2023 at 10:30 am. The group consisting of 50 women officers on 25 bikes will be arrive at Thiruvananthapuram on the same day. The motorcycle rally, which will then go to Madurai, will be flagged off by Olympian Smt. Omana Kumari.
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